DC’s ‘education Grammys’ offer recognition — as well as calls to action
When DC Public Schools honored teachers and administrators at the Standing Ovation ceremony earlier this month, they capped off a challenging year for the school system. Last year DCPS was at the center of a scandal involving inflated…
DC Public Schools Promotes Equity and Excellence with School Budget Proposals and Investments for…
Thursday, February 21, 2019
DC Public Schools Promotes Equity and Excellence with School Budget Proposals and Investments for Fiscal Year 2020
(Washington, DC) Today, DC Public Schools (DCPS) released school-based budget…
DCist: Thanks To The Shutdown, Hundreds Of Would-Be Lawyers Are Still Waiting To Get Barred In D.C.
Next week, hundreds of prospective lawyers will sit down to take the D.C. bar exam. But while they do, hundreds more are still stuck in limbo, waiting on the D.C. Courts to give them permission to practice law after passing the bar exam…
Washington Post: District eliminates extended school year, invests more in classroom technology
Three years after launching an expensive education experiment, the District is eliminating extended school years at 13 campuses after city leaders said there was scant evidence of improved academic achievement, Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D)…
WTOP: DC nonprofit now delivering healthy meals to pregnant women
WASHINGTON — Food insecurity — or the state of being without reliable access to affordable and nutritious food — affects nearly 40 million Americans, and can lead to a number of negative health outcomes, including hypertension, diabetes,…
Authors team up for sharp look at history and future of DC jazz scene
You probably know that Duke Ellington was a Washington native. But would the iconic jazzman be the best cover subject for a book about local jazz? The new book Washington, DC, Jazz, by Regennia N. Williams and the Rev. Sandra…
District Links: How DC lost a federal grant for lead remediation; opinions galore; and more reads
Good Thursday morning. City Paper reports on how DC mismanaged a lead remediation grant from the federal government that was first awarded in 2012. Until four months ago, a DC program called Lead Safe Washington gave assistance to help…
Washington Business Journal: Will Planet Word speak to you? Literally, yes.
Planet Word, the new language museum taking over D.C.’s historic Franklin School, will feature a talking tree.
WAMU: D.C. Jazz Lovers Find Their Groove In Offbeat Places
The Washington jazz scene barely resembles Duke Ellington's day, but younger artists and smaller venues keep the legacy going.
City Paper: D.C. Chronically Failed to Spend Federal Funds to Remediate Lead Paint Hazards, HUD Says
In doing so it lost out on the only dedicated subsidy for remediating lead paint hazards for low-income tenants with small children.
Owain James on Mobility Lab: Buses are a better substitute for late night rail than subsidized…
If you’re a resident of the Washington, DC area, chances are you’ve been following the debate over late night Metro service – or have been affected by the cuts. In 2016, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) cut late…
Ed Lazere: To build a visionary budget, DC needs more resources. Here’s how we can get them.
In just a month, Mayor Muriel Bowser faces the first test of the pledge to use her second term to be bold in tackling DC’s biggest challenges, like affordable housing and homelessness. That test will come on March 20 when she releases the…
jonetta rose barras: Why don’t DC officials already know the cause of gun violence?
I asked myself that question when DC Council Chairman Pro Tempore Kenyan McDuffie and eight of his colleagues introduced the Center for Firearm Violence Prevention Research Establishment Act of 2019. Were they suffering group confusion or…
Washington Life Magazine: Book Talk: Washington’s Golden Age
A new biography of Hope Ridings Miller looks at the journalist's life and legacy.
Greater Greater Washington: Lessons from an unlikely community organizer in River Terrace
In 2005, Malissa Freese took an eye-opening trip in search of a new home. Coming off DC’s Interstate 295, she hit the block of Benning Road NE that houses an unsightly Pepco facility and made a left turn on Anacostia Avenue into River…
City Paper: In a Letter, Councilmembers Call for University of D.C. to Reconsider Josh Lopez As Its…
Looks like it's too little, too late
Washingtonian: What These 2020 Candidates’ DC Neighborhoods Tell Us About Them
More and more members of Congress are declaring their intentions to run for president next year. While John Delaney is already from the region, most hail from out of town and have to start fresh when they establish District digs. So what…
UrbanTurf: Appeal Filed on 600-Unit Waterfront Station Development in Southwest DC
Last September, the Zoning Commission (ZC) granted approval to a second-stage planned-unit development (PUD) for the two remaining sites at the Waterfront Station development just steps from the Waterfront Metro station. Now, the project…
Bisnow: Convene Breaking Into D.C. Coworking Market With 2 Leases Totaling 150K SF
Convene, a meeting and event space provider moving into the coworking sector, has just made a big splash in the D.C. office market.
WAMU: The Great One-Person Washington Snowball Fight Of 2019
When the call came in to cover a Dupont Circle snowball fight, I didn’t blink.